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383. City Manager - Account No . 570 (continued) Mr. Chichester, 1535 Maddux, stated that he did not re- ceive the newsletter in the mail. MOTION : Councilman Norris moved, seconded by Councilman Rhodes, to delete from the budget the amount of $15,600 for the City' s quarterly newsletter, and that a single page news sheet be included with the Parks and Recreation Schedule. A lengthy discussion followed during which. Council noted that initially the newsletter was authorized in order to inform the public , and comments related to whether it is reaching Redwood City residents, and that portions of the costs if this item is eliminated relate to the mail- ing of the Recreation schedules and therefore would need to be transferred over to that account. The motion failed on the following roll call vote : Ayes : Councilmen Norris and Rhodes Noes : Councilmen Barrett, Henderson, Leipzig, Williams and Mayor Weymouth Mayor Weymouth responded to complaints from members of the audience relating to higher property taxes, which he explained resulted from recent reassessment of property values by the County Assessor ' s office . He referred to the Budget Summary section on Page 5 of the proposed budget depicting a graph of the proportionate shares of tax revenues going to the City, County Special Districts and School Districts , noting that the City accounts for about 20% of the total. He pointed out that the City has no control over the assessed values, but only over what is in the budget before them. John Bacca, 334 Hudson, indicated he believed the Council- men had received a salary increase. It was explained to him that an increase from $150 to $250 per month for the Council had been presented to the voters in the form of a Charter amendment at the last municipal election, but was defeated. Fran:. Esposito, 243)4 Oregon Avenue, referred to a recent Redwood City Tribune article concerning the City tax rate in which he was given the impression that the average in- crease in assessed valuation amounted to 35% and cited what he believed this would translate into in budget revenues. City Manager Fales responded that the actual over all net increase was estimated to be approximately 16% because many properties, principally commercial and industrial, were not reassessed this year. roma "Barney" Barnes commented that he recognized that dollar *k'"" cuts would not necessarily reduce the tax rate to any extent. -3- Budge t Study 5/17/75